Bohack's

Bohack supermarket in Kew Gardens, Queeens.

Bohack's was a chain of grocery stores located in the New York City area that opened in 1887 and closed in 1977 that was headquartered in Maspeth, Queens. The founder, Henry C. Bohack, opened the first store on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Throughout the 1960s, Bohack's purchased Daitch Shopwell, Packers, and a few other supermarket businesses. Stores throughout the company's existence were located in New York City, on Long Island, in Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Bohack's had gas stations in the 1920s and 30′s.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In popular culture

Film

• The Odd Couple (1968), directed by Gene Saks, includes a scene in which Felix Unger (Jack Lemmon) enters a Bohack supermarket and demonstrates his expertise at evaluating melon ripeness.^[1]

Television

• In The Sopranos, Junior buried his take from the Bohack's job but can't remember where, exactly; Tony tries unsuccessfully to find and dig it up.

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